Wichita's Via Christi Hospital St. Joseph is under construction.
St. Joseph is undergoing a $50 million renovation plan. The hospital, located in southeast Wichita, is converting its medical-surgical units to private patient rooms on the 5th, 6th and 7th floors.
This follows the renovation of their New Life Center, which now has large private delivery rooms.
Laurie Labarca, the hospital's president, says the plan also includes location changes for some of the mental health services.
"This offers us the opportunity to have more integrated care for our behavioral health patients by consolidating our behavioral health services that we have currently at our Good Shepherd campus...back over to the St. Joseph campus.," Labarca says.
Part of the renovation includes a rooftop facility so that patients can have access to fresh air within walls and big windows, but no ceiling.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.
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